Claiming prior consultation, monitoring environmental impact: counterwork by the use of formal instruments of participatory governance in Ecuador’s emerging mining sector

Leifsen, Esben; Vázquez, Luis Sánchez; Reyes, Maleny Gabriela

doi:10.1080/01436597.2017.1294980

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“…Indigenous peoples have also been strong advocates for strengthening right‐to‐know laws and the use of FPIC previous to any establishment of polluting activities in their lands (O'Rourke and Connolly 2003; Leifsen et al 2017). In Canada, the use of environmental impact assessments with indigenous participation and monitoring has helped to reduce the possibility of pollution and to have remediation plans in place (O'Faircheallaigh 2015).…”

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A State‐of‐the‐Art Review of Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Pollution

Fernández‐Llamazares

Garteizgogeascoa

Basu

et al. 2020

Integr Envir Assess & Manag

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Indigenous peoples (IPs) worldwide are confronted by the increasing threat of pollution. Based on a comprehensive review of the literature (n = 686 studies), we present the current state of knowledge on: 1) the exposure and vulnerability of IPs to pollution; 2) the environmental, health, and cultural impacts of pollution upon IPs; and 3) IPs' contributions to prevent, control, limit, and abate pollution from local to global scales. Indigenous peoples experience large burdens of environmental pollution linked to the expansion of commodity frontiers and industrial development, including agricultural, mining, and extractive industries, as well as urban growth, waste dumping, and infrastructure and energy development. Nevertheless, IPs are contributing to limit pollution in different ways, including through environmental monitoring and global policy advocacy, as well as through local resistance toward polluting activities. This work adds to growing evidence of the breadth and depth of environmental injustices faced by IPs worldwide, and we conclude by highlighting the need to increase IPs' engagement in environmental decision-making regarding pollution control. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2020;16:324-341.

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confidence: 99%

A State‐of‐the‐Art Review of Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Pollution

Fernández‐Llamazares

Garteizgogeascoa

Basu

et al. 2020

Integr Envir Assess & Manag

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“…In the face of this tension between internationally declared rights and the socio-economically ingrained patterns of colonial relations, Indigenous Peoples have pursued diverse strategies to resist environmentally destructive development practices, lay claim to their share of the benefits from resource wealth in their territories, and assert their inherent autonomy (see for example Alfred & Corntassel, 2005;Blaser, de Costa, McGregor & Coleman, 2010;Blaser, Feit & McRae, 2004;Boelens et al, 2012;Fenelon & Hall, 2008;Laplante & Nolin, 2014;Leifsen, Sánchez-Vázquez & Reyes, 2017;Stetson, 2012). As a result of these pressures, much has in fact changed, with state governments pursuing various kinds of constitutional and legislative measures that recognize degrees of Indigenous land and selfgovernment rights.…”

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Indigenous Rights and Multilevel Governance: Learning From the Northwest Territories Water Stewardship Strategy

Latta

2018

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States’ increasing recognition of Indigenous rights in the realm of natural resources has led to a variety of co-management arrangements and other forms of melded authority, evolving over time into increasingly complex governance relationships. This article takes up such relationships within the analytical frame of multilevel governance, seeking lessons from the experiences of Indigenous involvement in water policy in Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT). It examines the way that effective collaboration in resource governance can emerge within the space of tension between evolving Indigenous rights regimes and the continued sovereignty of the state. At the same time, the analysis raises questions about whether multilevel governance can contribute to meaningful decolonization of relationships between settler states and Indigenous Peoples.

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“…Ante esta situación, en Tundayme ha emergido un frente de resistencia producto de una alianza formada por pequeños agricultores y ganaderos locales junto con indígenas de la nacionalidad Shuar. La protesta contra el proyecto en la zona ha estado presente desde la llegada de la empresa y ha vivido una evolución ligada a diferentes episodios de escalada de los conflictos Leifsen, Sánchez-Vázquez & Reyes, 2017;Leifsen, 2017b;Sánchez-Vázquez, Leifsen & Verdú, 2017;Warnaars, 2012;Vela Almeida, 2018), siguiendo los patrones de otros muchos casos en Latinoamérica en los que se superponen territorios indígenas y áreas naturales protegidas, con proyectos de extracción de recursos naturales (Cisneros, 2016;Li, 2015;Perrault, 2013;Bury & Bebbington, 2013;Sawyer 2004;Wagner, 2014). Sin embargo, el movimiento de resistencia al proyecto Mirador cuenta con particularidades destacables, relacionadas con las características propias del actor actualmente central en la resistencia en Tundayme: La organización activista Comunidad Amazónica de Acción Social Cordillera del Cóndor (CASCOMI).…”

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